Sivuch'i Rocks

The Sivuch'i Rocks (Russian: Острова Сивучьи Камни, Ostrova Sivuch'i Kamni) are a group of barren islets and rocks on the eastern side of Uda Gulf, in the western Sea of Okhotsk.[1]

Sivuch'i Rocks
Острова Сивучьи Камни
The Shantar Islands in the Sea of Okhotsk
Location in Khabarovsk Krai
Geography
LocationSea of Okhotsk
Coordinates54°49′N 136°17′E
ArchipelagoShantar Islands
Administration
Federal SubjectKhabarovsk Krai
Demographics
Population0

Geography

They lie just north of Medvezhy Island. The largest are two islets, lying 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest and southeast from each other, the former 232 m (761 ft) high and the latter 171 m (561 ft) high. A 79 m (259 ft) high pillar rock lies just to the southwest of the latter of the two islets. Reefs fringe the group.[2]

History

American whaleships and boat crews cruised for bowhead whales around the rocks between 1855 and 1874. They called them the Sugar Loaf or Pinnacle Rocks.[3] On the night of 11 October 1858, the bark Ocean Wave (380 tons), under Captain Hiram Baker, of New Bedford, was wrecked on one of the rocks during a gale. All hands were lost.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Ostrova Sivuch'i Kamni". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of Russia Enroute. ProStar Publications. 1 January 2004. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-57785-560-6. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. Lexington, of Nantucket, Aug. 28, 1855, Nantucket Historical Association; Favorite, of Fairhaven, July 19, 1860, Nicholson Whaling Collection; Sea Breeze, of New Bedford, Sep. 8, 1874, George Blunt White Library.
  4. Daily Alta California (Vol. 11, Nos. 332-335, Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 1859).
  5. The Friend (Vol. 16, No. 11, November 1, 1859, p. 87)
  6. Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.
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